Another skill that is important to becoming an effective reader is synthesizing.

Synthesizing is putting pieces together and seeing them or using them in a new way.

The pieces that you put together can be main ideas from a book to help your understanding or even individual words or parts of words to help your vocabulary.

Watch the following movie clip (with audio).

Look for an example of synthesis (putting pieces together to see them in a new way).

How does Akeelah use synthesis?

What are the pieces that she puts together to use in a new way?

How can this critical thinking strategy be helpful to you as a reader?

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